Impacts of marine plastic pollution from continental coasts to subtropical gyres—fish, seabirds, and other vertebrates in the SE Pacific

M Thiel, G Luna-Jorquera, R Álvarez-Varas… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Anthropogenic Marine Debris (AMD) in the SE Pacific has primarily local origins from land-
based sources, including cities (coastal and inland), beach-goers, aquaculture, and …

[HTML][HTML] A global biogeographic classification of the mesopelagic zone

TT Sutton, MR Clark, DC Dunn, PN Halpin… - Deep Sea Research …, 2017 - Elsevier
We have developed a global biogeographic classification of the mesopelagic zone to reflect
the regional scales over which the ocean interior varies in terms of biodiversity and function …

Species-specific responses to ocean acidification should account for local adaptation and adaptive plasticity

CA Vargas, NA Lagos, MA Lardies, C Duarte… - Nature Ecology & …, 2017 - nature.com
Global stressors, such as ocean acidification, constitute a rapidly emerging and significant
problem for marine organisms, ecosystem functioning and services. The coastal ecosystems …

Low prevalence of microplastic contamination in planktivorous fish species from the southeast Pacific Ocean

N Ory, C Chagnon, F Felix, C Fernández… - Marine Pollution …, 2018 - Elsevier
The gut contents of 292 planktivorous fish, from four families (Atherinopsidae, Clupeidae,
Engraulidae and Scombridae) and seven species, captured along the coast of the southeast …

Sustainable harvesting of wild seaweed resources

M Mac Monagail, L Cornish, L Morrison… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Macroalgae have played an important role in coastal communities for centuries. In the past,
they have been harvested and gathered from shorelines around the world for traditional …

Three decades of high-resolution coastal sea surface temperatures reveal more than warming

FP Lima, DS Wethey - Nature communications, 2012 - nature.com
Understanding and forecasting current and future consequences of coastal warming require
a fine-scale assessment of the near-shore temperature changes. Here we show that despite …

Impacts of harmful algal blooms on the aquaculture industry: Chile as a case study.

P Díaz-Tapia, D Varela, I Pérez-Santos… - … Oceanográfico de A …, 2019 - digital.csic.es
Harmful algal blooms (HABs) of toxin-producing microalgae, mainly Alexandrium catenella,
Dinophysis spp., and Pseudonitzschia australis, cause the severe illnesses referred to as …

Seaweeds: an opportunity for wealth and sustainable livelihood for coastal communities

C Rebours, E Marinho-Soriano… - Journal of applied …, 2014 - Springer
Abstract The European, Canadian, and Latin American seaweed industries rely on the
sustainable harvesting of natural resources. As several countries wish to increase their …

Marine biodiversity in the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of South America: knowledge and gaps

P Miloslavich, E Klein, JM Díaz, CE Hernández… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
The marine areas of South America (SA) include almost 30,000 km of coastline and
encompass three different oceanic domains—the Caribbean, the Pacific, and the Atlantic …

Network structure beyond food webs: map** non‐trophic and trophic interactions on Chilean rocky shores

S Kéfi, EL Berlow, EA Wieters, LN Joppa, SA Wood… - Ecology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
How multiple types of non‐trophic interactions map onto trophic networks in real
communities remains largely unknown. We present the first effort, to our knowledge …